Asrock Z170 Extreme6 User Manual

Version 1.0

Published June 2015

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Contents

Chapter 1 Introduction 1

1.1 Package Contents 1

1.2 Specications 2

1.3 Motherboard Layout 7

1.4 I/O Panel 9

1.5 ASRock Front USB 3.1 Panel (for Z170 Extreme6+ only) 11

Chapter 2 Installation 14

2.1 Installing the CPU 15

2.2 Installing the CPU Fan and Heatsink 18

2.3 Installing Memory Modules (DIMM) 19

2.4 Expansion Slots (PCI Express Slots) 21

2.5 Jumpers Setup 22

2.6 Onboard Headers and Connectors 24

2.7 Smart Switches 29

2.8 Dr. Debug 30

2.9 SLI

TM

and Quad SLITM Operation Guide 32

2.9.1 Installing Two SLI

TM

-Ready Graphics Cards 32

2.9.2 Driver Installation and Setup 34

2.10 CrossFireX

TM

, 3-Way CrossFireXTM and Quad CrossFireXTM

Operation Guide 35

2.10.1 Installing Two CrossFireX

TM

-Ready Graphics Cards 35

2.10.2 Installing Three CrossFireX

TM

-Ready Graphics Cards 37

2.10.3 Driver Installation and Setup 38

2.11 M.2_SSD (NGFF) Module Installation Guide 39

Chapter 3 Software and Utilities Operation 42

3.1 Installing Drivers 42

3.2 A-Tuning 43

3.3 ASRock Live Update & APP Shop 47

3.3.1 UI Overview 47

3.3.2 Apps 48

3.3.3 BIOS & Drivers 51

3.3.4 Setting 52

3.4 Enabling USB Ports for Windows® 7 Installation 53

Chapter 4 UEFI SETUP UTILITY 56

4.1 Introduction 56

4.1.1 UEFI Menu Bar 56

4.1.2 Navigation Keys 57

4.2 Main Screen 58

4.3 OC Tweaker Screen 59

4.4 Advanced Screen 69

4.4.1 CPU Conguration 70

4.4.2 Chipset Conguration 72

4.4.3 Storage Conguration 75

4.4.4 Intel® Thunderbolt™ 2 77

4.4.5 Super IO Conguration 78

4.4.6 ACPI Conguration 79

4.4.7 USB Conguration 81

4.4.8 Trusted Computing 82

4.5 Tools 83

4.6 Hardware Health Event Monitoring Screen 87

4.7 Security Screen 89

4.8 Boot Screen 90

4.9 Exit Screen 93

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Z170 Extreme6+ / Z170 Extreme6

Chapter 1 Introduction

ank you for purchasing ASRock Z170 Extreme6+ / Z170 Extreme6 motherboard,

a reliable motherboard produced under ASRock’s consistently stringent quality

control. It delivers excellent performance with robust design conforming to

ASRock’s commitment to quality and endurance.

In this documentation, Chapter 1 and 2 contains the introduction of the

motherboard and step-by-step installation guides. Chapter 3 contains the operation

guide of the soware and utilities. Chapter 4 contains the conguration guide of

the BIOS setup.

1.1 Package Contents

•

ASRock Z170 Extreme6+ / Z170 Extreme6 Motherboard (ATX Form Factor)

•

ASRock Z170 Extreme6+ / Z170 Extreme6 Quick Installation Guide

•

ASRock Z170 Extreme6+ / Z170 Extreme6 Support CD

•

4 x Serial ATA (SATA) Data Cables (Optional)

•

1 x I/O Panel Shield

•

1 x ASRock SLI_Bridge_2S Card

•

1 x Screw for M.2 Socket

•

1 x ASRock Front USB 3.1 Panel (for Z170 Extreme6+ only)

•

4 x Screws for Front USB 3.1 Panel (for Z170 Extreme6+ only)

•

1 x SATA Express Cable (for Z170 Extreme6+ only)

•

1 x USB Power Cable (for Z170 Extreme6+ only)

Becau se the motherboard speci cations and the BIOS soware might be updated, the
content of this doc umentation will be subject to change without notice. In case any modi­cations of this documentation occ ur, the updated vers ion will be available on ASRock’s
website w ithout further notice . If you require technical suppor t related to this mother­board, please v isit our website for specic information about the model you are using. You
may nd the l atest VGA cards and CPU support list on ASRock’s website as well . ASRock
website http://www.asrock.com.

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1.2 Specications

Platform

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ATX Form Factor

•

High Density Glass Fabric PCB

CPU

•

Supports 6

th

Generation Intel® CoreTM i7/i5/i3/Pentium®/

Celeron® Processors (Socket 1151)

•

Digi Power design

•

12 Power Phase design

•

Supports Intel® Turbo Boost 2.0 Technology

•

Supports Intel® K-Series unlocked CPUs

•

Supports ASRock BCLK Full-range Overclocking

•

Supports ASRock Hyper BCLK Engine

Chipset

•

Intel® Z170

Memory

•

Dual Channel DDR4 Memory Technology

•

4 x DDR4 DIMM Slots

•

Supports DDR4 3600+(OC)*/3200(OC)/2933(OC)/2800(OC)

/2400(OC)/2133 non-ECC, un-buered memory

* Please refer to Memory Support List on ASRock's website for

more information. (http://www.asrock.com/)

•

Max. capacity of system memory: 64GB

•

Supports Intel® Extreme Memory Prole (XMP) 2.0

•

15 Gold Contact in DIMM Slots

Expansion
Slot

•

3 x PCI Express 3.0 x16 Slots (PCIE2/PCIE4/PCIE6: single

at x16 (PCIE2); dual at x8 (PCIE2) / x8 (PCIE4); triple at x8

(PCIE2) / x8 (PCIE4) / x4 (PCIE6))

•

3 x PCI Express 3.0 x1 Slots (Flexible PCIe)

•

Supports AMD Quad CrossFireXTM, 3-Way CrossFireXTM

and CrossFireXTM

•

Supports NVIDIA® Quad SLITM and SLI

TM

•

15 Gold Contact in VGA PCIe Slot (PCIE2)

Graphics

•

Intel® HD Graphics Built-in Visuals and the VGA outputs

can be supported only with processors which are GPU

integrated.

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Z170 Extreme6+ / Z170 Extreme6

•

Supports Intel® HD Graphics Built-in Visuals : Intel® Quick

Sync Video with AVC, MVC (S3D) and MPEG-2 Full

HW Encode1, Intel® InTru

TM

3D, Intel® Clear Video HD

Technology, Intel® InsiderTM, Intel® HD Graphics 510/530

•

Pixel Shader 5.0, DirectX 12

•

Max. shared memory 1792MB

•

ree graphics output options: DVI-D, HDMI and

DisplayPort 1.2

•

Supports Triple Monitor

•

Supports HDMI with max. resolution up to 4K x 2K

(4096x2304) @ 24Hz

•

Supports DVI-D with max. resolution up to 1920x1200 @

60Hz

•

Supports DisplayPort 1.2 with max. resolution up to 4K x 2K

(4096x2304) @ 24Hz or 4K x 2K (3840x2160) @ 60Hz

•

Supports Auto Lip Sync, Deep Color (12bpc), xvYCC and

HBR (High Bit Rate Audio) with HDMI Port (Compliant

HDMI monitor is required)

•

Supports Accelerated Media Codecs: HEVC, VP8, VP9

•

Supports HDCP with DVI-D, HDMI and DisplayPort 1.2

Ports

•

Supports Full HD 1080p Blu-ray (BD) playback with DVI-D,

HDMI and DisplayPort 1.2 Ports

Audio

•

7.1 CH HD Audio with Content Protection (Realtek

ALC1150 Audio Codec)

•

Premium Blu-ray Audio support

•

Supports Surge Protection (ASRock Full Spike Protection)

•

Supports Purity SoundTM 3

- Nichicon Fine Gold Series Audio Caps

- 115dB SNR DAC with Dierential Amplier

- TI® NE5532 Premium Headset Amplier (Supports up to

600 Ohms headsets)

- Pure Power-In

- Direct Drive Technology

- PCB Isolate Shielding

•

Supports DTS Connect

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LAN

•

Gigabit LA N 10/100/10 00 Mb/s

•

Giga PHY Intel® I219V

•

Supports Wake-On-LAN

•

Supports Lightning/ESD Protection (ASRock Full Spike

Protection)

•

Supports Energy Ecient Ethernet 802.3az

•

Supports PXE

Rear Panel
I/O

•

1 x PS/2 Mouse/Keyboard Port

•

1 x DVI-D Port

•

1 x HDMI Port

•

1 x DisplayPort 1.2

•

1 x Optical SPDIF Out Port

•

1 x USB 3.1 Type-A Port (10 Gb/s) (ASMedia ASM1142)

(Supports ESD Protection (ASRock Full Spike Protection))

•

1 x USB 3.1 Type-C Port (10 Gb/s) (ASMedia ASM1142)

(Supports ESD Protection (ASRock Full Spike Protection))

•

6 x USB 3.0 Ports (Intel® Z170) (Supports ESD Protection

(ASRock Full Spike Protection))

•

1 x RJ-45 LAN Port with LED (ACT/LINK LED and SPEED

LE D)

•

1 x Clear CMOS Switch

•

HD Audio Jacks: Rear Speaker / Central / Bass / Line in /

Front Speaker / Microphone

ASRock
Front USB

3.1 Panel

(for Z170

Extreme6+

only)

•

1 x USB 3.1 Type-A Port (10 Gb/s) (Supports ESD Protection

(ASRock Full Spike Protection))

•

1 x USB 3.1 Type-C Port (10 Gb/s) (Supports ESD Protection

(ASRock Full Spike Protection))

Storage

•

6 x SATA3 6.0 Gb/s Connectors by Intel® Z170, support

RAID (RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 10, Intel Rapid

Storage Technology 14 and Intel Smart Response

Technology), NCQ, AHCI and Hot Plug

•

2 x SATA3 6.0 Gb/s Connectors by ASMedia ASM1061, sup-

port NCQ, AHCI and Hot Plug

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Z170 Extreme6+ / Z170 Extreme6

•

2 x SATA Express 10 Gb/s Connectors*

* Support to be announced

* M2_1, SATA3_0, SATA3_1 and SATA_EXP0 share lanes. If

either one of them is in use, the others will be disabled.

•

1 x Ultra M.2 Socket, supports M.2 SATA3 6.0 Gb/s module

and M.2 PCI Express module up to Gen3 x4 (32 Gb/s)

* Supports ASRock U.2 Kit

Connector

•

1 x COM Port Header

•

1 x TPM Header

•

1 x Power LED and Speaker Header

•

2 x CPU Fan Connectors (4-pin) (Smart Fan Speed Control)

•

4 x Chassis Fan Connectors (4-pin) (Smart Fan Speed

Control)

•

1 x 24 pin ATX Power Connector

•

1 x 8 pin 12V Power Connector (Hi-Density Power

Connec tor)

•

1 x Front Panel Audio Connector

•

1 x underbolt AIC Connector

•

2 x USB 2.0 Headers (Support 4 USB 2.0 ports) (Supports

ESD Protection (ASRock Full Spike Protection))

•

1 x USB 3.0 Header (Supports 2 USB 3.0 ports) (Supports

ESD Protection (ASRock Full Spike Protection))

•

1 x Dr. Debug with LED

•

1 x Power Switch with LED

•

1 x Reset Switch with LED

BIOS
Feature

•

2 x 128Mb AMI UEFI Legal BIOS with multilingual GUI

support (1 x Main BIOS and 1 x Backup BIOS)

•

Supports Secure Backup UEFI Technology

•

ACPI 1.1 Compliant wake up events

•

SMBIOS 2.3.1 Support

•

CPU, GT_CPU, DRAM, VPPM, PCH 1.0V, VCCIO, VC-

CPLL, VCCSA Voltage Multi-adjustment

Hardware
Monitor

•

CPU/Chassis temperature sensing

•

CPU/Chassis Fan Tachometer

•

CPU/Chassis Quiet Fan (Auto adjust chassis fan speed by

CPU temperature)

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•

CPU/Chassis Fan multi-speed control

•

Voltage monitoring: +12V, +5V, +3.3V, CPU Vcore, GT_CPU,

DRAM, VPPM, PCH 1.0V, VCCIO, VCCSA

OS

•

Microso® Windows® 10 64-bit / 8.1 64-bit / 7 32-bit / 7 64-

bit

* To install Windows® 7 OS, a modied installation disk with

xHCI drivers packed into the ISO le is required. Please refer to

page 53 for more detailed instructions.

* For the updated Windows® 10 driver, please visit ASRock’s

website for details: http://www.asrock.com

Certica­tions

•

FCC, CE, WHQL

•

ErP/EuP Ready (ErP/EuP ready power supply is required)

Please realize that there i s a certain risk involved with o verclocking, including adjusting
the setting in the BIOS , applying Untied Overclocking Technology, or using third-party
overclocking tools. Overclocking may aect your system’s stability, or even cau se damage to
the components and devices of your system. It should be done at your own r isk and expense.
We are not responsible for possible damage caused b y overclocking.

* For detailed product information, please v isit our website: http://www.asrock .com

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Z170 Extreme6+ / Z170 Extreme6

Intel

Z170

DDR4 _A2 (64 b it, 288 -pin mo dule)

DDR4 _A1 (64 b it, 288 -pin mo dule)

DDR4 _B2 (64 b it, 288 -pin mo dule)

DDR4 _B1 (64 b it, 288 -pin mo dule)

ATX12V1

USB 3.0

T: USB5

B: USB6

ATXP WR1

LAN

PCIE2

Top:
RJ-45

USB 3.0
T: USB3
B: USB4

Top:

Central/Bass

Center:

REAR SPK

Top:

LINE IN

Center:

FRONT

Bottom:

Optical

SPDIF

Bottom:

MIC IN

PCIE4

HDLED RESET

PLED PWRBTN

PANEL1

1

USB1_2

1

1

SPK_PLED1

COM1

1

1

HD_AUDIO1

Z170 Extreme6

PCIE6

SATA3_2_3

SATA3_0_4

SATA3_1_5

PCIE1

CPU_FAN1

RoHS

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6

7

11

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HDMI1

USB 3.0
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SATA3_A0_ A1

1

3

2

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Dr.

Debug

Purity

Sound 3

TM

20

Ult ra M.2

PCIe Ge n3 x4

BIOS_B1

BIOS_A1

BIOS_A_LED

128Mb
BIOS

128Mb
BIOS

BIOS_B_LED

PS2

Keybo ard

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CMOS

Battery

CLRMOS1

1

BIOS_SE L1

1

PCIE3

M2_1

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1

25

10

4

USB3_7_ 8

1

21

CPU_FAN2

CHA_FAN1

CHA_FAN2

12

9

CHA_FAN3

SATA_EXP_ 0_1

USB3_4

1

23

1

TPMS1

PCIE5

DISPLAY 1

USB 3.1
T: USB31_TA_1
B: USB31_TC_1

CT1

ResetPower

5

CHA_FAN4

1.3 Motherboard Layout

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No. Description

1 ATX 12V Power Connector (ATX12V1)

2 2 x 288-pin DDR4 DIMM Slots (DDR4_A1, DDR4_B1)

3 2 x 288-pin DDR4 DIMM Slots (DDR4_A2, DDR4_B2)

4 Chassis Fan Connector (CHA_FAN1)

5 Power Switch (PWRBTN1)

6 Reset Switch (RSTBTN1)

7 Chassis Fan Connector (CHA_FAN4)

8 ATX Power Connector (ATXPWR1)

9 Chassis Fan Connector (CHA_FAN3)

10 CPU Fan Connector (CPU_FAN2)

11 USB 3.0 Header (USB3_7_8)

12 CPU Fan Connector (CPU_FAN1)

13 SATA3 Connectors (SATA3_A0_A1)

14 SATA3 Connectors (SATA3_2_3)

15 SATA3 Connectors (SATA3_0_4)

16 SATA3 Connectors (SATA3_1_5)

17 SATA Express Connectors (SATA_EXP_0_1)

18 BIOS Selection Jumper (BIOS_SEL1)

19 Clear CMOS Jumper (CLRMOS1)

20 System Panel Header (PANEL1)

21 Power LED and Speaker Header (SPK_PLED1)

22 Chassis Fan Connector (CHA_FAN2)

23 USB 2.0 Header (USB3_4)

24 USB 2.0 Header (USB5_6)

25 underbolt AIC Connector (TB1)

26 TPM Header (TPMS1)

27 COM Port Header (COM1)

28 Front Panel Audio Header (HD_AUDIO1)

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Z170 Extreme6+ / Z170 Extreme6

1.4 I/O Panel

No. Description No. Description

1 PS/2 Mouse/Keyboard Port 10 USB 3.1 Type-A Port (USB31_TA_1)

2 DVI-D Por t 11 USB 3.1 Type-C Port (USB31_TC_1)

3 LAN RJ-45 Port* 12 USB 3.0 Ports (USB3_34)

4 Central / Bass (Orange) 13 USB 3.0 Ports (USB3_12)

5 Rear Speaker (Black) 14 DisplayPort 1.2

6 Line In (Light Blue) 15 HDMI Port

7 Front Speaker (Lime)** 16 Clear CMOS Switch

8 Microphone (Pink) 17 USB 3.0 Ports (USB3_56)

9 Optical SPDIF Out Port

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* ere are two LEDs on each LAN port. Plea se refer to the table below for the LAN port LED indications.

Activity / Link LED Speed LED

Status Description Status Description

O No Link O 10Mbps connection
Blinking Data Activity Orange 100Mbps connection
On Link Green 1Gbps connection

** If you use a 2- channel speaker, please connec t the speaker’s plug into “Front Speaker Jack”. See the table below

for connection details in a ccordance with the t ype of speaker you use.

Audio Output

Channels

Front Speaker

(No. 7)

Rear Speaker

(No. 5)

Central / Bass

(No. 4)

Line In

(No. 6)

2 V -- -- --
4 V V -- --
6 V V V --
8 V V V V

To enable Multi-Streaming, you need to connect a front panel audio cable to the front
panel au dio header. Aer restarting your computer, you will nd the “Mixer” tool on your
system. Please select “Mixer ToolBox” , click “Enable playback multi-s treaming”, and
click “ok”. Choose “2CH”, “4CH”, “6CH”, or “8CH” and then you are allowed to select
“Realtek HDA Primary output” to use the Rear Speaker, Central/Bas s, and Front Speaker,
or select “Realtek HDA Audio 2nd output” to use the front panel audio.

ACT/LINK LED

SPEED LED

LAN Por t

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Z170 Extreme6+ / Z170 Extreme6

1.5 ASRock Front USB 3.1 Panel (for Z170 Extreme6+ only)

Specications

Dimension •

75mm (W) x 42.8mm (H) x 148mm (L)

Controller •

ASMedia ASM1142 Controller

Front Panel

I/O

•

1 x USB 3.1 Type-A Port (10 Gb/s) (Supports ESD Protection

(ASRock Full Spik

e Protection))

* For charging Type-A USB devices, we suggest using the Type-A

connectors on your mot herboard.

•

1 x USB 3.1 Type-C Port (10 Gb/s) (Supports ESD Protection

(ASRock Full Spike Protection))

* is por t supports power outputs up to 5V/3A. For charging Type-C
USB devices, the device should support Type-C sta ndards to adjust the
current because it will be dierent in Power On state (3 Amp) and Sleep
state (1 Amp).
* Some Type-C USB devices may only be charged by its own adapter.

Connector

•

1 x SATA Express 10 Gb/s Connector

•

1 x USB Power Connector

OS

•

Microso® Windows® 10 64-bit / 8.1 64-bit / 7 32-bit / 7 64-bit

* It is recommended to insta ll the ASRock Front USB 3.1 Panel into the drive bay of

your chassis before connecting other USB devices.

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ASRock Front USB 3.1 Panel Installation Guide

Step 1

Prepare the bundled ASRock Front USB 3.1 Panel,

SATA Express Cable, USB Power Cable and screws.

Step 2

Connect one end of the SATA Express Cable to the

SATA Express Connector on the ASRock Front USB

3.1 Pa nel.

Step 3

Connect one end of the USB Power Cable to the

USB Power Connector on the ASRock Front USB 3.1

Panel.

Step4

Install ASRock Front USB 3.1 Panel into the drive

bay of the chassis.

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Z170 Extreme6+ / Z170 Extreme6

Step 5

Screw ASRock Front USB 3.1 Panel to the

drive bay with screws.

Step 6

Connect the PSU’s SATA Power Cable to

the SATA Power Connector.

Step 7

Connect the other end of the SATA Express

Cable to the SATA Express Connector on

the motherboard.

Step 8

Connect the other end of the USB Power

Cable to the USB 2.0 Header on the

motherboard.

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is is an ATX form factor motherboard. Before you install the motherboard, study

the conguration of your chassis to ensure that the motherboard ts into it.

Pre-installation Precautions

Take note of the following precautions before you install motherboard components

or change any motherboard settings.

•

Make sure to unplug the power cord before installing or removing the motherboard

components. Failure to do so may cause physical injuries and damages to motherboard

components.

•

In order to avoid damage from static electricity to the motherboard’s components,

NEVER place your motherboard directly on a carpet. Also remember to use a grounded

wrist strap or touch a safety grounded object before you handle the components.

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Hold components by the edges and do not touch the ICs.

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Whenever you uninstall any components, place them on a grounded anti-static pad or

in the bag that comes with the components.

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When placing screws to secure the motherboard to the chassis, please do not over-

tighten the screws! Doing so may damage the motherboard.

Chapter 2 Installation

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2.1 Installing the CPU

1. Before you insert the 1151-Pin CPU into th e socket , please check if the PnP cap is on the
socket, if the CPU sur face is unclean, or if the re are any bent pins in the socket . Do not
force to in sert the CPU into the socket if above situation is found. Otherwise, the CPU
will be seriously damaged.

2. Unplug all power c ables be fore installing the CPU.

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2

A

B

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5

3

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Please save and replace the cover if the processor is removed. e cove r must be placed if
you wish to return the motherboard for ae r service.

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2.2 Installing the CPU Fan and Heatsink

1 2

CPU_

FAN

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2.3 Installing Memory Modules (DIMM)

is motherboard provides four 288-pin DDR4 (Double Data Rate 4) DIMM slots,

and supports Dual Channel Memory Technology.

Dual Channel Memory Conguration

e DIMM only ts in one correct orientation. It wil l cause permane nt damage to the
motherboard and the DIMM if you force the DIMM into the slot at incorrect orie ntation .

Priority DDR4_A1 DDR4_A2 DDR4_B1 DDR4_B2

1 Populated Populated
2 Populated Populated
3 Populated Populated Populated Populated

1. For dual channel conguration, you always need to install identical (the same brand,

speed , size and chip-type) DDR4 DIMM pairs.

2. It is unable to activate Dual Channel Me mory Technol ogy with only one or three memory
module installed.

3. It is not allowed to install a DDR, DDR2 or DDR3 memory module into a DDR4 slot;
otherwise, this mothe rboard and DI MM may be damaged.

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2.4 Expansion Slots (PCI Express Slots)

ere are 6 PCI Express slots on the motherboard.

PCIe slots:

PCIE1 (PCIe 3.0 x1 slot) is used for PCI Express x1 lane width cards.

PCIE2 (PCIe 3.0 x16 slot) is used for PCI Express x16 lane width graphics cards.

PCIE3 (PCIe 3.0 x1 slot) is used for PCI Express x1 lane width cards.

PCIE4 (PCIe 3.0 x16 slot) is used for PCI Express x8 lane width graphics cards.

PCIE5 (PCIe 3.0 x1 slot) is used for PCI Express x1 lane width cards.

PCIE6 (PCIe 3.0 x16 slot) is used for PCI Express x4 lane width graphics cards.

PCIe Slot Congurations

For a better thermal environment, please connect a ch assis fan to the motherboard ’s chas­sis fan connector (CHA_FAN1, CHA_FAN2, CHA_FAN3 or CHA_ FAN4) when using
multiple graphics cards.

Before installing an expansion card, plea se make sure that the power supply is switched o
or the power cord is unplugged. Please read the documentation of the expansion card and
make necessary hardware settings for the card before you start the installation.

PCIE2 PCIE4 PCIE6

Single Graphics Card x16 N/A N/A

Two Graphics Cards in

CrossFireX

TM

or SLITM

Mode

x8 x8 N/A

ree Graphics Cards in

3-Way CrossFireX

TM

Mode

x8 x8 x4

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2.5 Jumpers Setup

e illustration shows how jumpers are setup. When the jumper cap is placed on

the pins, the jumper is “Short”. If no jumper cap is placed on the pins, the jumper

is “Open”. e illustration shows a 3-pin jumper whose pin1 and pin2 are “Short”

when a jumper cap is placed on these 2 pins.

Clear CMOS Jumper

(C LR MOS 1)

(see p.7, No. 19)

CLRMOS1 allows you to clear the data in CMOS. To clear and reset the system

parameters to default setup, please turn o the computer and unplug the power

cord from the power supply. Aer waiting for 15 seconds, use a jumper cap to

short pin2 and pin3 on CLRMOS1 for 5 seconds. However, please do not clear the

CMOS right aer you update the BIOS. If you need to clear the CMOS when you

just nish updating the BIOS, you must boot up the system rst, and then shut it

down before you do the clear-CMOS action. Please be noted that the password,

date, time, and user default prole will be cleared only if the CMOS batter y is

removed.

Clear CMOS

Default

e Clear CMOS Switch h as the sam e function as the Cl ear CMOS jumper.

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BIOS Selection Jumper

(B IOS _ SEL1)

(see p.7, No. 18)

is motherboard has two BIOS onboard, a main BIOS (BIOS_A) and a backup

BIOS (BIOS_B), which enhances protection for the safety and stability of your

system. Normally, the system works on the main BIOS. However, if the main BIOS

is corrupted or damaged, please use a jumper cap to short pin2 and pin3, then

the backup BIOS will take over on the next system boot. Aer that, use “Secure

Backup UEFI“ in BIOS setup utility to copy the BIOS le to the main BIOS to

ensure normal system operation. For the sake of system safety, users cannot

update the backup BIOS manually. Users may refer to the BIOS LED (BIOS_A_

LED or BIOS_B_LED) to identif y which BIOS is activated currently.

Backup BIOS

Default

(Main BIOS)

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2.6 Onboard Headers and Connectors

System Panel Header

(9-p i n PA NE L1)

(see p.7, No. 20)

Connect the power

switch, reset switch and

system status indicator on

the chassis to this header

according to the pin

assignments below. Note

the positive and negative

pins before connecting

the cables.

GND

RESET#

PWRBTN#

PLED-

PLED+

GND

HDLED-

HDLED+

1

GND

PWRBTN (Power Switch):

Connec t to the power switch on the cha ssis front pan el. You may congure the way to turn
o your system using the power switch.

RESET (Reset Sw itch):
Connec t to the reset switch on the cha ssis front panel. Press the reset switch to restart the
computer if the computer freezes and fails to pe rform a normal re start.

PLED (Syste m Power LED):
Connec t to the power status indicator on the ch assis front panel. e LED i s on when the
system is operating. e LED keeps blinking when the system is in S1/S3 sleep state. e
LED is o when the system is in S4 sleep state or powered o (S5).

HDLED (Ha rd Drive Activity LED):
Connec t to the hard drive ac tivity LED on the cha ssis front panel. e LED is on when the
hard drive is reading or writing data.

e front panel des ign may dier by chassis. A f ront panel modul e mainly consists of power
switch, reset switch, power LED, hard drive activity LED, speaker and etc . When connect­ing your ch assis front panel module to this header, make sure the wire assignme nts and the
pin assignment s are matched cor rectly.

Onboard headers and connectors are NOT jumpers. Do NOT place jumper caps over these
heade rs and connectors. Placing jumper caps over the heade rs and conn ectors w ill cause
permanent damage to the motherboard.